The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-12-01
ITEMS ABOUT WOMEN.

JJemS A0OOU WOmeNs
MISS ALLEGRA EGGLEsroN. daugh-
ter OF Edward Eggleston, will illustrate
her fathers novel, The Graysons" in
the Century.
MRs. WHITNEY. wife ofthe Secretary
of the Navy. is said to intend estab-
fishing school for the training Of do
nestle servants in New York, and to be
in correspondence with Miss Juliet
Corson about it.
Mrs WILLIAM MIxTER, Of Hard
wick. Mass, has purchased . site for
the high school building and given it
to the town. Thus the Scripture IL
fulfilled which says of the good
woman. "She considereth field and
buyeth it."
FRANCES POWER CoBBE, in addition
to great amount of time spent in
philanthropic work, has during the
last twenty-five years written fifteen
books and about twenty-five pamphlets.
besides many articles for newspapers
and magazines.
Mrs. MARIA H HASTINGS has left
five thousand dollars to the New Eng
land Hospital for Women and Chill
dren. This was better than leaving it
to some rich university that does not
admit girls, as wealthy and conserva-
tive women are too apt to do.
MRS. DIR. BURNSIDE has been nomi.
mated for Superintendent Of Education
by the Prohibitionists of Buffalo, N. 7.
She is the first woman ever nominated
for political office in Buffalo, and the
EUening NeUs says she would fill the
position as well as half the men in the
city.
Lillian WHITNEY says Of the woman
suffrage reception to Miss Willard:
Boston society honored itself in its
social honors paid her in its reception
at the Brunswick, and this incident In
| the social panorama suggests anew the
enlarged views of the general public in
the truer appreciation this age is Civ
ing to the finer qualities that make for
righteousness"
MRS A. M. DIAz has just returned
from trip in New York. during which
she lectured at Syracuse. Buffalo and
Auburn, on her favorite subject Of
.Women'ss Unions" It is her wish
that union might be established in
every large city, SO that women find
ing themselves strangers in strange
place might have place to go to for
information, protection and friendly
advice.
MISS FLORENCE MAcNAGHTON, Of
Bushmills, in the north of ireland,
lately tried to persuade fisherman to
sign the pledge. He said he would do
so II she would swim across the hay
from Blackrock to Port Ballantree. q
distance Of about mile. The young
lady accepted the challenge, and ac-
complished the swim in thirty-nine
minutes. The fisherman now wears
the blue ribbon.
Mrs. S. B. MAXWELL. State Libra.
rian of Iowa, makes the following sen.
sible suggestion. among others, in her
biennial report to the Governor: Zone
important need is strips of mating
from door to door and from end to
end OF the library. To nervous
persons and those unaccustomed to
studying in public. the tread Of the va
riety Of boots and shoes. from the
squeaking tenor to the profound bass,
Of the constant string of visitors and
sight-seers. is very distracting.
MADAME ZAMPINI SALAzARo. editor
Of the Italian magazine, Rasssgno
degH Interest," Femminili. pays .
tribute to the late President of Coun-
Gil, Agostino Depretis. for the service.
. to the woman's cause in Italy. 1t the
projected communal and provincial
legislation which bore his name, he
proposes to give women the admins.
trative vote on the same terms a.
men. The Enylishwoman's Rerieu
says: "Let us trust that his success
sors will be as liberal-minded in thi!
respect. and that such law may b
, aassed."
WOMEN need the ballot. not because
they are angels. but because the,
are one-half the human race.
women vote, they will often vote ig
norantly or angrily or selfishly. a
men do; and they have the same righ
/ to commit these errors and to learn b.
them. For self-protection, for justice
, for the consistency of our politica
, principles. they have right to til,
ballot. II pair of sissors breaks
, apart, we have it riveted again; no
because either half possesses angeli,
, superiority over the other. but becaus
) it takes two halves to make a whole
} IT W. Higginson.
FRANCES WILLARD says: 1T il
| curious fact. but in no non-co-educa
: tional college-town of which / hear
does the w. c. I. u flourish
, while co-educational schools, of NJ
; matter how high grade. furnish con
) genial environment to our work. l
l seems to be principle that the NOR,
monastic college or a church ma,
be. the less hospitality of thought ha.
it for progressive movements, es
pecially among women. Hence it is
in these college towns and churches
, that we are seldom asked to speak, ol
helped to found society which, i'm tht
humble judgment Of White Ribboners
is especially needed to purify the at
, mosphere of tobacco and alcohol,
, fumes.
} MISS MARION OsGooD. of Chelsea
Mass, the gifted young yiolinist. is tn,
, founder and conductor of the first ant
only regularly-organized Ladies' Or
: chestra in the country. 1t consists o
} twenty-four pieces: four first and fou
second vioiins, two violas. a violinccllo
double-bass, flute. piccolo. clarinet, tw,
) cornets, trombone. baritone, two horns
a snare and bass drum, either and harp
( These instruments are played by care
, fully-selected lady artists. many o
r them skilled soloists. The orchestra